indians of north america $v folklore

When a great wall of water threatens to destroy them, the animals band together to save themselves, but it is the turkey who remembers to save the seeds they will need to rebuild their lives.

Photographs, legends, and commentary give information about the harmony of life and art in Native American culture.

A quarrel between the first man and the first woman is reconciled when the Sun causes strawberries to grow out of the earth.

An Indian girl insults the moon and is held prisoner by him until her friend reaches the sky country to rescue her.

A retelling of the Algonquian Indian legend of how a young girl, badly mistreated by her sisters, becomes the bride of the great hunter known as the Invisible One. Includes information on the history and customs of the Algonquian Indians.

This Miskito Indian legend set in seventeenth-century Nicaragua illustrates the impact of the first European traders on traditional life.